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Nigeria
Find all the information from our main case studies on Nigeria on this page.
Nigeria: Transparency in government payments
We have supported an initiative to develop a transparent system for payments to the government in Nigeria.
Shell initiated – and was a leading sponsor of – the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative which openly publishes payments made to the government by the international oil companies and other players in the energy industry as well as the allocation of money to states by the Federal Government and Shell companies in Nigeria.
The largest economic contribution by Shell companies in Nigeria is through the taxes and royalties they we pay and the energy we produce. Nigeria depends on the oil industry for approximately 95% of export earnings and 80% of government revenue. Its operations are also important sources of employment, contracts and income for individuals and Nigerian companies.
Preventing the spread of AIDS in the Niger Delta
Health care is one of the biggest challenges in Africa.
In 2009, the Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd (SPDC) and Family Health International non-profit organisation – started handing over control of their highly successful Niger Delta HIV/AIDS response project (NiDAR) to the Nigerian government. This $2.2 million project ($660,000 Shell share) is Nigeria’s first comprehensive HIV/AIDS programme at the primary health care level.
The programme has trained more than 240 health care providers. In 2009-2010 over 15,000 individuals were tested for HIV/AIDS and received counselling. In the same period over 3,500 pregnant women received care to prevent transmission from mother to child and over 2,500 people were enrolled in HIV/AIDS treatment programmes. Ninety people also began tuberculosis therapy in 2010.
In June 2009, the NiDAR programme received an award for collective partnership from the Global Business Coalition, a group of companies that encourage private sector businesses to use their expertise to improve public health through partnerships.
In 2010, SPDC built on the success of the award winning partnership with FHI and the Nigerian Government and launched the NiDAR Plus project. This includes HIV/AIDS activities and scaling up the performance of health systems through an integrated approach to health care delivery, including maternal, neonatal and child survival services in the Niger Delta region.